Melted-ice-water cooler



J. L. JONES Filed Aug. 19, 1927 n nanfa/f July 17, 1928.

MELTED ICE WATER COOLER y purpose of housing adrain bucket and a iatented July 17, 1928.

rArENrcrr JosIAH nUcUs JoNEs, or s'r. PETERSBURG, ELOEIDA.

MELTE'n-IcnwArEa cooLEE.

Application led August 19, 1927. Serial No. 214,140.

This Ainvention relates to improvements in water coolers such as are used in the homes, schools, churches7 thea-ters, city hallsy and office buildings, and more particularly to a typein which ice is used exclusively for `drinking purposes as it melts.

The principal object of the invention is vto provide for a water cooler of the type afore? said, and one of extremely simple and inexpensive construction, such las will be convenient and satisfactory for use in the aforesaid places, particularly in those sections of the country where the available supply of drinking water is of questionable pureness and artificial ice can be depended upon to furnish-pure water as it melts. Y

Another object of the invention is to pro- V vide a water cooler of the type set forthV in the vform of a cabinet of any convenient size wherein the ice and water compartment is placed in the upper half of said cabinet, and the lower half of said cabinet is used for the receptacle to hold the used other refuse.

A further object is that a provision is made for a space around the ice and water` compartment in which insulating material may be placed or removed as desired to regulate the melting of the ice to suit the conveniencc-.of the operator.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the certain new and useful combination, construction and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described, set forth in the appended claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which;

Fig. l is a cross section of the invention viewed from the side, and

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the invention viewed from the front.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar characters of reference designate correspending parts throughout the several views thereof, and as shown therein comprises an 'outer case A, which is made in the form of a Cabinet of anyl suitable material and of any convenient size. In the top ofsaid case is a sub-frame F to which is attached the flanged top end of water and ice compartment B and forms a support for same, and both the ice compartment B and the outer case A are closed atthe top by hinged closure M. Spaced just beneath ice compartment B is a V-shap'ed transverse partition dividing paper cups and outer case A into van upper and lower` coni partment. Said partition is covered with sheet metaly and directly `inl the center, over waste bucket@ a hole" is cutl tofallow any moisturefcaused by sweating of compartment B to fall into waste bucket C. At or near the i bottom of outer case A is a sub-floor P that supports 'waste `bucket C, and there are twoV openings inthe front lower half of outer case A that are normally' closedby double doors,-(openings and doors notvshownythat are provided to allow for ready access to lower half of outer case A for the purpoff'e of emptyino` waste bucket C and used lpaper cup receptacle D.

Compartment B is constructed` of sheet met-al of a kindvsuitable for housing a'sup ply of ice and drinking water. It isv made in rectangular shape to conform with outer case A and has its topend flanged outV to attach 'toV and rest upon sub-frame F.' The bottom of compartment B is made to slope from the side walls to a transverse center v f and at the front lowermost part a water spigot I-I is attached which passes outwardly through the outer case A. Just beneath sub.

frame F andV extending `downwardly all around compartment B suitable spaces E E E E are provided for the purpose of placing insulating material to control the melting of the ice'in compartment B.

Made fast to and becominga. part of the right hand lower door that normally closes lower half of outer case A is a used paper cup receptaclek D, the front sidev of said receptacle extends outwardly through said door in aA semi-funnel shape and the opening thus formed is normally closed by trap lid L which is hinged to the door at top of said opening, and on the inside attached to trap lid L is a weight Vwhich causes said lid y to automatically closelafter being pushed open toreceive a. used cup or otherI refuse.

A drainA receptacle K is attached to Vthe front wall of outer case A just beneath the waterspigot H and a drain pipe attached ico thereto extends inwardly through outer case A and downwardly to a point conveniently over waste bucket C as illustrated in Fig. I. In the use of this form of the invention,

artificial or manufactured ice which contains one pint of water to everypound of ice and which is always practically pure, is placed in compartment' B and allowed to melt, and as needed is drawn o through spigot I-I for drinking. In case ice melts too fast lcomlli).

in` spaces E E E VE may be removed, and furt er the cake of ice in compartment B may be chipped u i With an ice'pick. once pure cannot Eecontaminated*until it melts. Any drippage from spigot H is caught lby receptacle K and drained into ,Waste bucket C. Used paper cups are placed in receptacle D by pressing down on trap lid L. In thisrnanner all unsightly Waste buckets and used paper cup receptacles are conveniently hid Within the lower half of outer case A.

Without further description it is thought that the features and advantages of this invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art of manufacturing saine,

Ice n and it will of course be underetood that changes 1n the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to Withoutdeparting from-the spirit of the invention or its scope as claimed.

Having fully described the invention, what is claimed, is:

A nielt-edice-'W-ater cooler comprising an Outer casing, a V-shaped transverse partition in said casing dividing` it into an upperI and lower compartment, a removable Water cooler in the upper con'ipartinent and having a V-shaped bottom, said cooler beingspaced fromthe Walls of said casing and said partit-ion, a faucet attached to the lower part of said tank and extending through the front Walls oir said casing, a drain beneath said faucet leading to a receptacle Within `said casing. i y 

